Taboos in the Underworld: Starting from being paid a lot of money to beg for a child

As soon as the door closed, Master said seriously:

"I will give you two magic weapons today. They can only be used to punish evil and defend yourself. Do not provoke the creatures in the underworld at will. If you disobey, take back the magic weapons and expel the master."

As he spoke, he walked towards the back of the tribute platform.

When Master said that he was going to bestow a magic weapon, I immediately became energetic. This kind of thing that I had only heard about could finally be seen today, and it was given to me.

But when I saw what Master took out, I felt a little disappointed.

The two things in the master's hand, one is an ordinary wooden stick, with a small section of yellow at both ends and a maroon in the middle. It is also discolored in some places and looks like it has been there for many years.

The stick is only about a foot long, about an inch in diameter, and the same thickness at the top and bottom.

There are some black relief patterns engraved on the stick, and there seems to be two lines of writing on it.

The other piece is more ordinary, just a rope. The material should be just ordinary palm hemp rope. The difference is that there is a black wooden handle at one end of the rope. The wooden handle is in the shape of a dragon's head, and the rope goes from the inside of the dragon's mouth. Connect out.

If the rope body and wooden rake didn't look a bit old, I would have suspected that this was just an ordinary handicraft.

Master saw me looking at the two magic weapons in a daze, and he asked doubtfully:

"What? Don't want?"

"Thank you, Master, for giving me the magical weapon. Disciple will obey Master's teachings."

I quickly knelt down, lowered my head, and closed my hands in a gesture of catching something.

Master did not put the magic weapon in my hand, but said:

"These two magic weapons, one is a torture stick and the other is a magic rope. They are both left behind by the masters. You should cherish them. The magic weapon protects the master and the magic weapon is maintained, no matter what kind of magic weapon it is. Weapons, if they are not yours, you won’t be able to play a big role if you hold them. Now that I give you magical weapons, it does not mean that they can protect you. Magical weapons are spiritual, and they can only continue to protect you through your own With blessing, it can slowly recognize you."

"Master, how can I bless you?"

Hearing Master's words, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart. This magical weapon is not yet a finished product.

Master didn't say anything, he just picked up a book from the tribute platform and handed it to me and said:

"You need to memorize the incantations in this book, and recite them silently when reciting them. Do not read them out loud. There are methods and incantations for blessing magical weapons."

I took the book and it turned out to be a handwritten book, written word for word with a fine brush. The papers inside were all yellow.

I don’t know if it turns yellow because it has been stored for a long time, or if the paper is originally yellow.

The cover is dark yellow kraft paper with no title on it. The first page is the ending.

I opened the last page again. It turned out that this book was meant to be read upside down. There was only one big calligraphy word on the last page: Curse.

Each page of this book called "Curse" has a curse, which varies in length. The short one only has three or four sentences, and the long one can almost fill a whole page.

Before I had time to take a closer look at the contents, Master handed over another book, which was the same size as the book called Curse. It looked a bit like two volumes.

I also opened the last page, which also had a big calligraphy character: symbol.

I roughly flipped through the book called "Charms" and found that there was also a talisman drawn on each page. There was no other explanation other than the name of the talisman given below.

Master saw me flipping through the book and neither spoke nor asked me to get up.

I discovered that these two books are related.

The first page of the "talisman" is a very simple-looking talisman seal with the words "Suppress evil and worship talisman" underneath.

Open the "curse" again.

There are three notes written on it: function, spell, and stroke order.

Looking back further, there are still some blank pages.

The book has no table of contents, not even page numbers.

If you want to read it, you need to read both books together. I really don’t understand why the person who wrote this book didn’t integrate the contents of the two books together.

That way, it won't seem so strenuous.

Master said:

"Are you wondering why the talisman and the curse are written in two separate books?"

I nodded and looked up at Master.

Master smiled and said proudly:

"Because many of these two books are our exclusive teachings and are not suitable for external teaching, it is safer to do so. You must remember that these two books cannot be taken away from this ancestral hall, and cannot be copied or copied by hand. This is also your morning lesson in the future. To understand the content, you need to be familiar with the talisman and memorize the spell. Only when the two are combined can it work."

"it is good."

I continued to look down at the book.

Master said: "You should get up first. Your content in the morning is to find the method of blessing the magic weapon, and then start to bless the magic weapon. The blessing time of each magic weapon is a quarter of an hour. This is also a required course in the morning class in the future, so you can't delay it. .”

"clear."

I stood up, walked to a set of seats next to me, sat down, and began to carefully search for the article about the method of blessing magical instruments.

"There are pens and ink in the drawer behind the tribute platform. If you encounter something you don't understand, ask Wen Jing first. If she can't answer it, you can ask me. In the next three days, you can learn by yourself. How far you can learn is up to you. Thank you for your efforts. After three days, I must go down the mountain to solve your troubles."

The master said and walked out of the gate.

In the next three days, I started studying like I was preparing for the college entrance examination.

Except for eating and washing dishes, I spent the rest of the time locked in the ancestral hall, reciting mantras, drawing talismans and blessing the two magical instruments.

For two consecutive nights, I went to bed after twelve o'clock and got up at five o'clock in the morning.

During this period, I also asked my senior sister some questions, and she answered them all for me one by one.

Many sentences that seemed difficult to understand to me were solved by her in a few words, and the explanations were easy to understand.

Gradually, the exchanges between me and this senior sister became more and more, and she seemed to enjoy the process of me asking her for advice.

Sometimes, they even took the initiative to come to the ancestral hall and ask me if there was anything I didn’t understand.

But she only had time in the afternoon. She went out after dinner in the evening, rushed back for breakfast in the morning, and slept in the morning.

I also asked her what she was doing at night.

She just said two words to me mysteriously: "Work."

When I asked her what her job was, she remained silent.

After dinner on the third day, Master called me to his room.

He then handed me a thicker notebook with many words densely written in it.

He said that the second half of this book is a record of the steps he took in handling things over the years.

The first half contains various strange characteristics and processing methods.

There are also some basic methods and experience summaries.

The techniques include how to see ghosts, how to appease the soul, how to quickly transcend, how to quickly drive away ghosts, how to summon spirits, how to judge whether ghosts are causing trouble, etc.

In comparison, this book is much more interesting than the two books "Charms" and "Curse".

So on the last night, I didn’t finish reading the book until three in the morning, and I only briefly glanced at it.

However, after reading this book, I began to have a basic concept of catching tricks, collecting tricks, overcoming tricks, and even breaking up tricks.

It also gave me a little more confidence in going down the mountain to deal with the evil spirit in Yu Man.

Early the next morning, after only sleeping for two hours, I got up early again, thinking about blessing the magic weapon before going down the mountain.

Senior sister didn't go out last night, and everyone still didn't talk during breakfast.

After eating, I should go down the mountain to solve the problem, but in the eyes of Master and Mistress, this was a very small matter, and they didn't even say a word of advice.

But what surprised me was that my senior sister was also going down the mountain.

She said she was going to do something, so the two of us went down the mountain together.

Each of us carried a light backpack and walked on the road, just like two ordinary mountain climbing tourists.

I secretly asked my senior sister:

"Why don't Master and Mistress live together? Aren't they husband and wife?"

The senior sister shook her head and said:

"I don't know either. They lived separately when I came here, and they rarely communicated with each other. But I can see that they have a deep relationship. A lot of things have happened in the past two years, but Master Guang has always been loyal to Master. Never leave, why do you ask?”

"No, it's nothing. I'm just curious. Senior sister, what are you going to do? Do you want my help?" I said.

To be honest, I feel a little uncomfortable calling someone who is only as tall as my shoulders and looks very young.